| EMPURPLING | • empurpling v. Present participle of empurple. • EMPURPLE v. to dye purple, also IMPURPLE. |
| IMPURPLING | • impurpling v. Present participle of impurple. • IMPURPLE v. to dye purple, also EMPURPLE. |
| PLAYGROUPS | • playgroups n. Plural of playgroup. • PLAYGROUP n. an informal, sometimes voluntarily run group having morning or afternoon sessions attended by preschool children. |
| PROPAGULES | • propagules n. Plural of propagule. • PROPAGULE n. a body with the capacity to give rise to a new plant e.g. seed, spore, bulbil, fragment etc., also PROPAGULUM. |
| PROPAGULUM | • propagulum n. (Botany) A runner terminated by a germinating bud. • propagulum n. A gemma or bud affecting asexual propagation in many algae. • PROPAGULUM n. a body with the capacity to give rise to a new plant e.g. seed, spore, bulbil, fragment etc., also PROPAGULE. |
| PUPIGEROUS | • pupigerous adj. Containing a pupa. • PUPIGEROUS adj. bearing a puparium. |
| PURPORTING | • purporting v. Present participle of purport. • PURPORT v. to profess or proclaim. |
| SCUPPERING | • scuppering v. Present participle of scupper. • SCUPPER v. to thwart, frustrate. |
| SPARKPLUGS | • sparkplugs n. Plural of sparkplug. • spark␣plugs n. Plural of spark plug. • SPARKPLUG v. to spark something off, in the manner of a sparkplug in a car carrying wires between which an electric spark passes to fire the explosive mixture of gases. |
| SUPERGROUP | • supergroup n. Any group composed of other groups. • SUPERGROUP n. a pop group made up of established solo artists. |
| SUPPORTING | • supporting adj. That supports. • supporting v. Present participle of support. • supporting n. That which supports something else; a support. |
| UNPAPERING | • unpapering v. Present participle of unpaper. • UNPAPER v. to remove paper from. |
| UNPROPPING | • unpropping v. Present participle of unprop. • UNPROP v. to remove the props from. |
| UNRIPPINGS | • UNRIPPING n. the act of unripping. |
| UNWRAPPING | • unwrapping v. Present participle of unwrap. • unwrapping n. The act or process by which something is unwrapped. • UNWRAP v. to remove the wrapping of. |
| UPPROPPING | • uppropping v. Present participle of upprop. • UPPROP v. to prop up. |
| UPSPEARING | • upspearing adj. (Archaic) Growing or shooting up like a spear. • upspearing v. Present participle of upspear. • UPSPEAR v. to shoot up like a spear. |